Yascha Mounk and Dr. Leana Wen sit down to discuss the failures of expert opinions and what the West needs to do to improve public health for the decades to come.
It's worth pointing out that what you call the "political failure" of the EU bureaucrats regarding the purchase and distribution of the vaccine could plausibly be related to the fact that, unlike American Presidents and Governors, or European heads-of-state, for that matter, those people are unelected and therefore unlikely to bear any consequences of their failures. It also raises questions about the value of their vaunted "expertise".
🎧 Lessons From A Pandemic
It's worth pointing out that what you call the "political failure" of the EU bureaucrats regarding the purchase and distribution of the vaccine could plausibly be related to the fact that, unlike American Presidents and Governors, or European heads-of-state, for that matter, those people are unelected and therefore unlikely to bear any consequences of their failures. It also raises questions about the value of their vaunted "expertise".